Dar Williams
Dar Williams
Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America’s very best singer-songwriters."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth19 April 1967
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
common less metaphor record songs stuff theme thinking
I'm thinking about where we are right now in history. The other common theme to this record is that the songs all put stuff I find important out on the table. Less metaphor and more me.
laughing quiet
In the laughing times we know we are luckyIn the quiet times we know that we are blessedAnd we will not be alone.
keeps truth
But truth is just like time, it catches up, and it just keeps going.
burn
But I live and I know that I burn as I grow.
best build peace weapon
And I build my peace with strength, that's the best weapon you've got.
green learned literally
The green world was . . . unpredictable and chaotic. It was an unmediated place literally represented by the forest, the wilderness, where you learned things you don't necessarily want to know about yourself.
habit love step tired
Am I the habit you're too tired to break? I want you to love me with every step you take.
dance dance-and-dancing learned noise teach
And as long as she's got noise she's fine, but I could teach her how I learned to dance when the music's ended.